Page of a sketchbook; The dying pious
Horizontal rectangle. Verso, left: In the foreground the dying person is surrounded by members of the family. Through the open door in the background, right, are seen members of the clergy. At right: the dying person attended by angels, clergy, others. Inscription below, lower right. Recto, left: At lower left a half-nude elderly man holds a wing goblet in his right hand. Two women attend him. Long inscription, vertically, others. Inscription below, left and right.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
c. 1590
Bistre, pen and ink, wash on paper
1901-39-2634
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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